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with Amy Wilentz |
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Part 1 |
With the death of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, we begin and speak with a Hatian hotelier and musician, Richard Morse, about unrest in Haiti and the legacy of Duvalierism. | ![]() |
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Then we further discuss Haiti and the hold President Martelly has on the country with the delay of elections. We also discuss the house arrest of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Brian Concannon, the Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti, joins us. |
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| Then finally we speak with IT expert and writer Christopher Surdak whose latest book is Data Crush. We discuss the affect of big data on the average citizen and weigh the pros and cons of "connectedness". | ![]() |
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